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BRILLIANT MINDS is a streaming medical drama on NBC that follows the brilliant doctor Oliver Wolf’s unorthodox methods for treating mentally ill patients. Although his methods are sometimes legally questionable, they help his patients recover better than other doctors. After being fired from his job after too many detours at work, Dr. Wolf joins the staff of the overworked and understaffed Bronx General Hospital. In his first case, he helps a patient regain her ability to feel emotions so she can adequately care for her children.

The show places a strong emphasis on biblical morality, particularly the sanctity of human life and our inherent dignity. In the first episode, a mother unable to care for her children after brain surgery properly inspires Dr. Wolf, who works tirelessly to help her overcome her new mental disorder. Although the first episode contains three mild profanities and five instances of the Lord’s name being spoken in vain, few other immoralities permeate the episode. MOVIEGUIDE® advises caution for older children.

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Dominant worldview and other contents/elements of the worldview:

A very strong biblical worldview as Dr. Wolf, the main character, works extremely hard to bring dignity to the lives of his patients, especially since they are psychiatric patients often neglected by others. Dr. Wolf values ​​family and works hard to reunite a mother with her children after they were taken from her by Child Protective Services after surgery left her unable to take care of them properly. Wolf also saves the patient’s life by protecting her from suicide;

Strong language:

Slightly coarse language with 2 m*** words, 1 di** word and 5 instances of the Lord’s name taken in vain;

Violence:

No violence;

Sex:

No sex;

Nudity:

A brief shot of a woman in a bra as she changes and a brief shot of upper male nudity after Dr. Wolf gets out of the shower;

Alcohol consumption:

Social drinking at a wedding;

Smoking and/or drug use and abuse:

No drug use shown, but the doctor jokes about drug use in college; And,

Various immorality:

Dr. Wolf kidnaps an Alzheimer’s patient so he can see his granddaughter on her wedding day; he gets fired for that.

BRILLIANT MINDS is a medical drama streaming on NBC. The series follows the adventures of brilliant psychologist Dr. Oliver Wolf, who truly cares about his patients and does everything he can to help them overcome their mental problems. His own mental disorder and the mental disorder he saw his father suffer from when he was a child motivates his passion for his patients. Although his methods are unorthodox and sometimes questionably legal, he is ultimately able to understand and help his patients better than his colleagues.

In the first episode of season 1, Dr. Wolf kidnaps an Alzheimer’s patient so he can attend his granddaughter’s wedding. Although the patient’s appearance makes the night and he remembers his granddaughter’s name after performing a song during the wedding, the family ultimately threatens to sue the hospital for negligence, causing Dr. Wolf.

Learning of his unemployment, Dr. Wolf’s friend from medical school, Dr. Kinney, invites him to work at his hospital, Bronx General. Dr. Wolf is hesitant at first, but eventually accepts the position and is matched with a patient who cannot feel emotion about things or people with whom she has deep connections. The illness developed after brain surgery, which left her unable to properly care for her children.

Although other doctors sideline her, Dr. Wolf devotes himself to her, vowing to help her love her boys again. Unfortunately, a Child Protective Services worker removes the children from his home due to his condition, hindering Dr. Wolf’s progress.

With her boys no longer living with her, Dr. Wolf requests frequent visits to help her better understand the disease. However, the pain of seeing her children without feeling any emotion pushes the patient to the brink of suicide. At the last moment, Dr. Wolf saves his life and discovers a treatment to help him reconnect with the children. His method works and he convinces the child protective services worker to allow the children to return home, thereby reuniting his patient with her children.

Although Dr. Wolf works extremely hard to treat his patients, his personal life suffers, with a strained relationship with his mother that he does not want to work on, and his mental disability interferes with his ability to make friends. So while Dr. Wolf’s actions toward his patients are admirable, upholding the Bible’s teachings about the inherent dignity of humanity, Dr. Wolf himself is not inspiring.

Episode 1 of BRILLIANT MINDS is an entertaining start to the new medical drama. The series stands out from many medical dramas, focusing on a brilliant doctor doing incredible work rather than putting the medical aspect aside to focus on unnecessary drama and immoral actions. If the series continues on the path set by the first episode, it could be a long-lasting family medical drama. However, due to some mild strong language and the direction of the show, MOVIEGUIDE® recommends caution for older children.